Value Capture: DPD, Councilmember Clark Hang Out “No Vacancy” Sign
In her post describing Smart Growth Seattle’s appeal of a proposed downzone of Seattle’s LR3, Erica Barnett explains that opponents of growth say that proposals to create more housing are Being rationalized [because] the added densities are needed to . . . get people out of their cars, curb sprawl and save the planet from […]
LR3 Rollback: SEPA Appeal Filed
Today Smart Growth Seattle filed an appeal of the City’s Determination of Non-Significance for legislation that would roll back a decade of progress toward welcoming growth in transit oriented neighborhoods. Last year a group of disgruntled and angry neighbors worked up an petition demanding a downzone in Seattle’s Low-Rise, or LR Zones. This petition was completely without any merit. […]
Am I on Candid Camera?
Last week we featured the comments of Jack McCullough, outgoing Chair of the Downtown Seattle Association. He wondered whether we have lost the progress in our progressivism. This week Bill Hinkle, Executive Director of the Rental Housing Association of Washington asks, “Am I on Candid Camera?” This post is a version of a article Hinkle wrote for […]
